Interesting concept and an emotional story, but lacking in execution and follow-through. Ultimately, all of the characters serve as a device for showcasing a two-worlds setting, and are not developed beyond regular genre tropes. If you are looking for a cute, fantastic, feel-good romance this movie is for you.
Stunning visuals, intriguing premise, nonsensical execution.
Upside Down looks gorgeous, but it relies on too much exposition to explain itself, and even then it doesn't seem to be internally consistent with the rules of its universe.
BEAUTIFULLY shot & art directed.
futuristic Romeo and Juliet, worth watchin'
the reason why u shouldn't smoke ur own shit before writing a script.. terrible movie.
The premise is cool, but there's just a huge problem. The two worlds are shown to be less than a mile apart, and yet the sun and moon get between them and don't destroy everything? The sun is shown in the background and yet they have full sunlight, that just wouldn't work. But there are shots where the moon is literally between the two worlds. The physics are straight up broken.
The Japanese film Patema Inverted works with some of the same ideas, but it more or less makes sense, at least by the end. This was first; Patema came out a year later. If you like the concept, it's worth watching (it's available in English, spoken language. At least that's the way I watched it).
what if love is stronger than gravity
Except the fantastic visuals, there is nothing else to say. Meh
Really enjoyed this movie, the surreal premise works quite well.
Underneath it all the story itself was really cliche and there were holes galore. Despite that, I enjoyed it. The premise was neat, the visuals were amazing and the acting was pretty good.
liked the sci-fi - phisics part, but am I the only who got headache? My brain is'nt ready for this :s
The movie is pretty to watch and having Peter Pettigrew in it as the computer scientist guy was fun but the story didn't hold up to the special effects.
The trailer looked great, the movie was average...
A French Canadian sci-fi romance that feels more foreign than it actually is. The scoop here is twin worlds, floating side-by-side through the cosmos with inverse gravitational pulls. What's up for one is down for the other and all that jazz; certain mountaintops or skyscrapers venture close enough to actually touch the opposite landscape. A lot of time and effort is sunk into explaining this concept, which seems like a waste because not only is it mostly self-evident, but the finer laws (like the idea that matter from one world bursts into flames after an hour on the other) are often broken without consequence as the plot gradually develops. The film's best qualities are undoubtedly visual. A concept like this one will often live or die by how it's visualized on the screen and, despite never completely shaking a major case of disorientation, it's a dazzling, vivid, mesmerizing display that downright demands our attention. It's a real pity those visual heights couldn't find an equally interesting story to partner with, because Upside Down's plot is a real paint-by-numbers stinker. It's shallow, predictable, slow and empty, without a voice of its own. Terribly acted and even more terribly written, with zero chemistry between its star-crossed leads, it's borderline insufferable and often makes for great unintentional comedy. Worth a quick glimpse, but strictly for the visuals - I'd recommend you watch it on mute.
An imaginative and surreal science fiction adventure, Upside Down is visually stunning. Two young lovers from parallel worlds are kept apart by the opposing gravitational forces of their worlds, but despite the laws of nature and society they try to find a way to be together. Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst lead the cast and give fairly good performances. However, the storytelling is pretty mediocre and doesn’t really do much with its polar worlds premise. Still, the visual style is quite artistic and makes for some fascinating set designs and backgrounds. Upside Down is an entertaining film that’s full of interesting concepts, but it isn’t very effective at executing them.
Why did they have to go with a stupid love story? If they thought of this very interesting concept, couldn't they have created an interesting story around it? Love is stronger than gravity? Seriously? I wish they had gone with some other genre instead of this crappy love story.
It is still worth a watch for its beautiful cinematography.
If you like this, checkout Patema Inverted. It has a much better story with a similar concept.
confusing and hard to watch
A cute romance featuring wacky physics, eye-catching visuals and the worst CGI pancake you'll ever see in a movie.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Japanese animated movie 'Patema Inverted', released in 2013, being as it has the same premise as this movie does - although I've no idea if the connection is more than mere coincidence. Still, it's worth saying that the animated version was truly wonderful, & well worth the watch IMHO. Check it out here: https://trakt.tv/movies/patema-inverted-2013
Lets see how this goes...
Great idea, just a lame story.
inspired by twilight, too many plot holes and nonsensical claims to count
The special effects are great, the story line is however flat.
I loved this movie. A sci-fi twist to Romeo & Juliet.
One question, though. According to the logic of the movie, the babies at the end should float. Right?
I mean, if two "matters" from both worlds collide they can float on both worlds. But when both "matters" are mixed i.e. make a baby, the baby is a mix between both matters and therefore should float. Right?
So, at the end of the movie, when both worlds live together in harmony, and more people from both worlds make babies, then slowly everyone should be able to float and live on both worlds. Right?
holy shit this film is fabulous, really lovely surprise of a film, top top marks.
Movie is just awful! No story, nothing very beautiful.
Shout by SchokominzaBlockedParent2014-02-23T14:43:51Z
It could have been a great movie, if not for plot holes in it the size of the Pacific Ocean.